mental health awareness Archives

Book Review: The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 31, 2019 | RELAX: Other Relaxation

Matthew Quick provides a window into the mind of his unique Everyman main character in The Silver Linings Playbook. Pat Peoples is a thirty-something guy who has just been sprung from “the bad place” by his mom and her legal team. And he tries hard to reintegrate...

Book Review: Woman 99 by Greer Macallister

by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 31, 2019 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

Greer Macallister did it again. With Woman 99, she wrote another book I couldn’t stop listening to and reading. Macallister has a way with her portrayals of strong, but flawed, women. In Woman 99, she gives us several who fit that mold.Her chief protagonist is...

Book Review: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, edited by Bandy X. Lee

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 20, 2019 | RESIST: Politics

I purchased this group of essays, edited by Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M. Div., in 2017. However, this month was the perfect time to read them. The issue of President Donald Trump’s psychological makeup has been making more headlines and tweets than ever. In fact, it was his...

Book Review: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 26, 2019 | RELAX: Memoir

Terese Marie Mailhot bares it all in her memoir, Heart Berries. Nothing’s off limits—abuse, mental illness, dysfunctional family and relationships. I often say that a good memoir lets me slide inside the author’s skin. This is a rough skin to spend time in, and I give...